Archive for July 4th, 2011
Keystone: Pipeline battle pits economy vs. environment, again
Posted by James Rosen: None Given on July 4th, 2011
James Rosen: Keystone-XL will rank alongside the pyramids in Giza as one of the most ambitious construction projects ever undertaken – if the $7 billion pipeline ever gets built.
The proposed route runs south over 330 miles of southern Canadian soil, clipping the corner of Saskatchewan to reach the border with America, then snakes gently southeast across seven U.S. states, extending another 1,370 miles until it branches off to hit two destinations in the Gulf of Mexico.
But none of that will happen unless...